Definition of portable in English:

adjective

Mr McDowell said afterwards a simple mistake had caused the fire after a child carried a portable television into the kitchen and left it on top of a cooker where it began to smoulder before catching fire.

A colleague had a tiny portable television with a black and white screen.

Not to stop with a portable television, mini table fan, handgrips in steel chains, the rider shows his obsession for siren and mini cone speaker.

noun

Investigators found five portable stoves containing charcoal in the vehicle and its windows sealed with tape from the inside.

The trouble is that they forget that people do not carry portable, battery-operated apartments around in their pockets.

There will be no fans, the units will have to run cool enough for it to be comfortable to carry them around (think how people would have laughed if you'd predicted portables too hot to carry ten years ago).